Surname Šećer in modern Croatia

Šećer families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Trogir area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šećer live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (65), Kastel Sucurac (<10), Primorski Dolac in Trogir area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Solin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šećer (including: Secher , Secker , Sechler , Sechser , Sechter , Sechier , Secer , Shecher , Sechzer and Shecker ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. "Secher " is used by some 2000 people in France , about 700 in Denmark , and some 200 people in the United States. "Shecher " is used by few people in the United States. "Sechler " is used by some 2000 people in the United States and about 80 in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Šećer, Draženka Šećer, Djuro Šećer, Žak Šećer, Antonela Šećer, Mirela Šećer, Gabriela Šećer, Ante Šećer, Mirko Šećer, Nevenka Šećer, Dajana Šećer, Ivica Šećer, Ivan Šećer, Marina Šećer, Gordana Šećer, Jagoda Šećer, Ljubica Šećer, Dejan Šećer, Anka Šećer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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